Umreth in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Umreth in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Umreth plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Umreth rose steadily, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Umreth's incremental SNDi rose from 4.1 to 4.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Umreth ranked 63rd out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 1097th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.97
- Rank in India
- 1029th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 54th of 92
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.04
- Rank in India
- 1097th of 1868
- Rank in Gujarat
- 63rd of 92
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Guamúchil, México
- Diu, India
- Paulo Afonso, Brazil
- Bangor, United Kingdom
- Modderspruit, South Africa
- Cerro de Pasco, Peru
In new street additions, Umreth and Guamúchil both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bangor built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Umreth and Guamúchil have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.